Bag or satchel frame



No. 6|3,9l2l Patented Nov. 8, I898.

W. RUEMER. BAG 0B SATCHEL FRAME.

(Applicatiofi filed Sept. 29, 1897) (No Model.)

INVENTOR: 1 fl. M

ATTOR N EYi UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WVILLIAM ROEMER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

BAG OR SATCHEL FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,912, dated November 8, 1898. Application filed September 29, 1897 Serial No. 653,477. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern;-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM ROEMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag or Satchel Frames; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in that class of bag or satchel frames in which the frames, angular in cross-section, are provided at their outer vertical sides with a turned-up edge forming a groove to receive the edge of the body material, the turned-up edge portion being adapted to be pressed against the inner side of the body material to clamp the same againstthe vertical sides of the frame to secure or fasten the bag material therebetween. In such prior frames the vertical portions of the frame are cut at the corners up to the top or horizontal portions of the frame, the out being made to enable the rounded corners to be formed; but because of the cut the frame so made was weak and lacked in the desired finish, and it is one of the objects of this invention to avoid such weakness and to secure a more perfect finish.

Other objects of the invention will be referred to in connection with the description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved bag or satchel frame and in the arrangements and combinations of parts thereof, all substan tially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embraced in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the figures, Figure 1 is a side elevation of one of the jaws or hinged sections of the bag-frame, showing at the corners or roundings open receptacles or notches in the frame for the inwardlyprojecting seams of the bag or satchel body. Fig. 2 is a similar elevation of the frame-section, showing a portion of the bag-body with the seam laid in one of said notches and less at the corners.

showing an extension of the welt of said seam adapted to serve asa finger-piece by which the edge of the body material may be drawn into the groove. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the frame devoid of the notches at the rounding for use when the bag-body is seam- Figs. 3 and 4c are sectional views on a larger scale, taken through lines a: and g, respectively. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the upper partof a satchel, showing the jaws open.

In said drawings, a indicates the bag-body, and b and'c the outer and inner F \-shaped jaws or frame-sections thereof.

(1 indicates that portion of the jaw which for convenience we may call the horizontal or outer flange, and 6 indicates that portion which for convenience we may call the vertical or inner flange. Said vertical or inner flange e is integral with the outer or horizontalflange d and at its lower edge is bentoutward and upward, as at h, to be parallel with the body portion of said flange and form a groove or receptacle f at the lower part of said vertical portion, into which groove the edge of the bag-body a is turned and clamped by pressing the said upturned flange h flat against the body portion lying between it and the vertical part by means of suitable tools. The downwardly or inwardly turned edge of the body material (L is thus held at right angles to the line of draft and cannot be drawn out from said groove by any such force as would be liable to be exerted.

The outward and upward turn of the flanges forming the grooves of the frame give an upward turn to the edges of the body material, so that the latter is brought to lie, where turned horizontally, in or approximately in the plane of the top or outer flanges d, giving an even smoothness of finish to the bag.

It will be observed that at the corners of the jaws both the horizontal and vertical flanges d e are unbroken by cuts or joints, but are continuous unbroken integral plates turned around the corners, so that when the bag is complete there are no wrinkles or overlapping parts, rivets, cuts, 850., presented to view to interfere with the sightliness or finish of the bag.

.The upwardly-extending flange h may be provided at the turned corners with scam notches or openings 2', and said openings, preferably, do not extend through the bottom of the slots nor through the outward turns of the flanges e.

At the notches or seam-openings 2 seats 7 are formed at the lower edges of the Vertical part 6 for the edge of the bag-body material, which seat is about equal in width to the thickness of the body material and serves to protect the edges of the same at said notches from the inside of the bag. Thus the outward turn at the inner edge of the flange e is continuous and materially adds to the rigidity of the frame. Said parts also form at the corners strengthening flanges or ribs, giving to the frame increased stiffness. The recesses or notches 1i, into which the seams are placed, are of a width equal to the seam or the thickness of the joined body-pieces plus the thickness of the intermediate welt w and serve to allow the said body material to be turned into the groove f with smoothness, so that there will be a less bulky appearance at the corners, and the upturned flange can be pressed back against the body material to hold the same with greater smoothness and security, and all wrinkles will be avoided, giving to the bag a peculiarly neat finish.

From where the seam passes through the notch the welts are extended a little beyond the inner edges of the frame-section to form finger-pieces 7t',by means of which the edges of the body material may be drawn down tightly into the groove f, the turned bottom of the flange h and the strengthening-rib forming a seat therefor preliminary to the clamping operations, so that when clamped the said body material will be properly held and protected in place at the corners. This fingerpiece or tongue can be afterward trimmed off.

The upturned flange h, preliminary to forming the corner notches, is made continuous around the corners at the junction of the top and downwardly-turned ends of the F1- shaped frame and are afterward cut out when the frame is to receive a seamed body. Thus the said notches or openings *6 are not closed bybending the frame at the roundings,but are formed to properly receive the joined pieces known as the seam. \Vhen a one-piece body is desired or employed, or one not seamed at the corners, I employ the construction shown in Fig. 2, where the flange is not notched; but in both cases shown the grooved bottom and seatj form a continuous outward turn at the corners, bracing the bottom or inner edge of the Vertical flange.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is 1. A bag or satchel frame having corner roundings involving the outer and inner flanges (Z, c, the inner edge of said inner flange e, being turned outwardly at said rounding, the outward turn being unbroken or continuous, the said flange c, being bent up, as at h, parallel with the body of said flange forming a groove to receive the turned edge of the body material, substantially as set forth.

2. A bag or satchel frame comprising the Fl-shaped jaws each of which consists of outer and inner flanges lying at right angles one to the other in cross-section and rounded at the end corners of said jaws, the inner flange 6, being turned outwardly at the roundings and the outward turn being continuous or unbroken, said flange 0, being, also, turned upward at the roundings, as at h, parallel with the body of the flange e, and the upturned part h, being rounded in correspondence with the roundings of said flanges (Z, c, substantially as set forth.

3. A f l-shaped bag or satchel frame having the outer and inner flanges lying at right angles in cross-section and rounded at the corners, the inner flange 6, being provided with an outward and upward bend at its inner edge, the outward bend being continuous or unbroken and the upward bend being provided with seam notches or openings at the roundings, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 8d day of September, 1897.

\VILLIAM ROEMER.

lVitnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, C. B. PITNEY. 

